Here’s all you need to know about voting early and the new system that offers voters a choice between new voting machines and hand-marked paper ballots.

A Collierville Schools mother and real estate agent is challenging an incumbent school board member who has served since the district’s inception.

Four people are running for an open school board seat in Collierville. Frank Warren decided over the summer he would not seek a second term.

For most of Shelby County’s voters, the most exciting thing about the ballot that opens early voting might be the new voting system.

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Collierville Alderwoman Missy Marshall faces a challenge from Emily Fulmer, a University of Memphis professor. 

Collierville Alderwoman Maureen Fraser is facing a challenge for her seat in November, but her opponent is one she’s defeated before.

Dr. Daniel Chatham and Jeffrey Chipman are running for the seat left open by Betsy Landers’ decision to not seek reelection.

Germantown Alderman Scott Sanders is facing a challenge from Manjit Kaur. Sanders relies on his experience, while Kaur relies on service to the community.

One Germantown parent is aiming to unseat the school board chair in the Nov. 8 GMSD election. 

Several churches rallied in support of a proposed amendment that would ban slavery in all forms in the state. A coalition of political groups is also urging voters to choose a hand-marked paper ballot.

Price plans to run in Super District 8 after running four years ago in District 7. Meanwhile, other council races on the October 2023 ballot are also taking shape with a little less than a year to election day. 

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who currently lives in Bartlett, says he will decide this month on a bid for Memphis Mayor on the October 2023 city ballot. 

The latest campaign disclosures show Alderman David Parsons has the most money in the four-candidate race for Bartlett mayor.

The November ballot features four proposed amendments to the Tennessee Constitution, which will be presented by Shelby County’s new voting machines.

Jason Martin also said he supports legalizing and taxing marijuana.

The deadline to register to vote on Nov. 8 ballot is Tuesday. Shelby County Election Commission numbers from July show growth since 2020 in the numbers of voters ages 28-37 and 38-47.

Tennessee voters have the opportunity to pass a constitutional amendment that would ban all-union workplaces and require unions to provide services for which workers do not have to pay.

A review of the 16 Memphis mayoral elections under the mayor-council form of city government before and after the city runoff provision was abolished.

Next year’s mayoral race will have historical implications, and there’s been quite a bit of maneuvering to get city charter amendments on the Nov. 8 ballot this year.

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The group discussed “best practices” including implementing blended sentencing, restorative justice programs and rehabilitative programs. 

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On Monday, Oct. 3, nine Bartlett alderman candidates took advantage of the chance to tell voters why they should choose them in the three separate races on the Nov. 8 elections.

The new voting system makes its countywide debut Oct. 19 with the start of early voting in Shelby County, ahead of the Nov. 8 election day.

The Shelby County District Attorney’s office has announced three new hires, Gerald Skahan, Haden Lawyer and Nicole Harris who begin Monday, Oct. 17. 

Many of the proposed bills would increase penalties for rape, kidnapping and other violent crimes and require the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to test rape kits faster.

The Tennessee constitution states “that slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, are forever prohibited in this state.” The third constitutional question on the Nov. 8 ballot proposes deleting the exception.